Nintendo is going to provide bonus rewards soon

Jan 20, 2015 09:00 GMT  ·  By

Nintendo confirms that it's going to shut down the Club Nintendo service worldwide later this year and that it's going to replace the loyalty program with a brand new one designed to better reward fans of the large Japanese company.

For quite a few years, Nintendo fans were able to redeem special codes with their games in exchange for virtual coins or stars on the Club Nintendo program in their own specific region. These virtual items could then be spent on free games as well as free accessories and other rewards, effectively getting them at no extra charge.

Club Nintendo is shutting down

Now, however, it seems that the Japanese company no longer wants to support the service, as it's confirmed that it will shut down Club Nintendo later this year. All users of the service with coins or stars will be able to spend them on existing rewards but also on all-new ones that are set to debut in February, so that they can liquidate all their virtual currency.

"We thank all Club Nintendo members for their dedication to Nintendo games and their ongoing love for our systems and characters," Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing, says.

"We want to make this time of transition as easy as possible for our loyal Club Nintendo members, so we are going to add dozens of new rewards and downloadable games to help members clear out their Coin balances."

What's more, in North America Club Nintendo users will be able to get the Flipnote Studio 3D software free of charge during the month of February. The ability to create a new Club Nintendo account will expire on June 30, while the actual service is set to offline soon after that.

A new service will replace it but no details are available

Nintendo confirms that it's going to replace Club Nintendo with a different rewards program later in the year, but right now, it can't offer any actual details about the new service.

As such, existing Nintendo fans are advised to spend their currencies sooner rather than later.